Wanli 1592

Chapter 1014 Army Loyalty

For this kind of activity, Xiao Ruxun believes that it is very beneficial to the development of the army and the progress of the soldiers, so he fully supports it and believes that it should come at least once a year. sense of belonging.

For no other reason, the emperor personally presented awards to the soldiers who won the competitions, received the soldiers in person, bestowed the prizes and the glory of victory on the soldiers, and shook hands.

This kind of glory has an irresistible temptation for every soldier, being received by the emperor and presenting awards with his own hands, and shaking hands!

What an honor is this?

Your father and I were personally received by His Majesty the Emperor when we were young and shook hands!
This word can be blown to the family for a lifetime.

The soldier who won the single event is the happiest. He can see the emperor alone, see the emperor standing in front of him and shake hands with him, encourage himself, and then give himself a generous prize, so that he can continue to work hard. At that moment, I feel that even if it is It's worth dying for.

It doesn't matter for group projects. You can meet the emperor together and get rewards together. The emperor will try his best to shake hands with everyone to show his closeness. They are equally satisfied and happy.

It was enough to make the envious eyes of other unhonored soldiers green with envy.

Xiao Ruxun will regard this kind of activity as the emperor's obligation to perform, personally enter the army, meet outstanding soldiers, enhance the emperor's prestige and popularity in the army, maintain the emperor's influence on the army, and let the soldiers know that the emperor knows The emperor knows who he is loyal to, so as to enhance his loyalty.

Soldiers can't only know the general but not the emperor, but let the soldiers know or even have close contact with the emperor, so as to produce a strong chemical reaction.

For this reason, Xiao Ruxun did not hesitate to spend a lot of time getting along with the army, getting in touch with soldiers, and getting to know the lives of soldiers at the grassroots level. For example, after the game, he went directly to the military camp to observe the living environment of the army.

After the founding of the country, Xiao Ruxun made many regulations on the life of the army, such as building large-scale barracks as official barracks for the army to live in, improving the food, clothing and treatment of soldiers and a series of benefits, and doing their best to provide better conditions for the army.

For example, Xiao Ruxun stipulated that the army must eat one meal of dry rice every day, one meal of tofu every three days, and one meal of meat every five days.

Tofu is known as plant meat, and it was one of the few sources of protein for the people of the Central Plains Dynasty who lacked meat since ancient times.

But even so, tofu is not so easy for ordinary people to obtain. After Xiao Ruxun came to power, he ordered to increase the planting area of ​​beans, increase the production of beans, and provide enough tofu for the army. Eat once a day to ensure protein intake and enhance the physique of the army.

Of course, it’s not enough to support tofu. If you should eat meat, you still have to eat meat. For this reason, he also sent a large number of pigs and chickens to the army, and asked the fire-headed soldiers to open up pig farms and chicken farms to raise pigs and chickens on a large scale, and then told They want to castrate the pig so that the pig can grow fat and grow fat and strong.

Let the army raise pigs and chickens, increase the channels for obtaining meat protein, and at the same time reduce taxes, encourage private farmers to raise pigs, chickens and ducks. Those who are willing to raise chickens, ducks and pigs will be provided by the government for them to raise and breed. Then supply it to the army.

The villages in Gyeonggi who are willing to do this can get special treatment-the excrement produced by the army will be given priority to these villages for free to make fertilizer for farming.

The feces of 20 people can fertilize a lot of land, which is undoubtedly a boon for the northern lands that have begun to promote the cultivation of potatoes.

For some "dung bullies" scattered throughout villages and towns, Xiao Ruxun instructed local officials to dispose of them all, and the ownership of the excrement was also transferred to the government, and it was provided to the villages free of charge, and no private manipulation was allowed.

Xiao Ruxun hopes to improve the diet of the people in the Central Plains from various aspects, increase the intake of meat protein and fat, and make the people's physique healthier.

In modern times, eating bran-swallowed vegetables is a healthy way to maintain health and lose weight, but in this era, it is a helpless move to survive, but just eating bran-swallowed vegetables will not make you gain weight anyway.

Xiao Ruxun cared about the army meticulously, personally observing the army's barracks, observing their residences and beds, and then observing their eating and drinking.

See what they eat and drink every day, and whether they have eaten dry food at least once a day, tofu at least once every three days, and meat at least once every five days according to his requirements.

The reaction of the soldiers made him very happy, because everyone followed suit and was very serious about the supply of the army, so that they could eat dry rice every day at noon, roast tofu every three days, and a meal every five days. Can eat meat.

Although most of the time it is still served with pickled vegetables and salty soup, and it is common to eat porridge and steamed buns, but it is very happy for the army to have such treatment.

Quite a few of them were the original Ming army who surrendered after Xiao Ruxun led the Northern Expedition. They knew what kind of life they lived. They were not fed enough to wear warm clothes and were often beaten, scolded and enslaved by the officers. Salt was not always available, and they often felt His eyes were dizzy, his eyes were dizzy and he was weak. That day was simply not a human life.

Now he is more like a real soldier. He trains military skills every day, and is collectively literate under the leadership of military Chinese clerks. There is a supply of fruit, which was simply unimaginable before.

It was already a very happy thing for these former Ming soldiers to eat enough and wear warm clothes, not to mention the special treatment they had now, which made them feel a sense of belonging to Xiao Ruxun and Da Qin.

In order to further enhance the sense of belonging in the army, Xiao Ruxun also asked the soldiers to report their hometowns, go back to their hometowns to find their family members who are still alive, remove military registration from the military households, reward the recruited family members, and then bring letters back to them , inform the family of the situation.

For those who have no relatives at home, I can only express my regret by giving a reward.

In this way, the army has a stronger sense of belonging and higher loyalty, and more importantly, these things have been conveyed to every soldier at the grassroots level through the mouths of the military officials, and every soldier knows that what is for them It is His Majesty the Emperor who does these things.

That night, Xiao Ruxun, who had inspected the life of the army, left the barracks very satisfied. Before leaving the barracks, he drank and chatted with his old brothers who had started a family before, getting close to each other, and told them that they would soon be sent to various parts of the country to assist in land reform. And the road thing, get them ready.

By the way, Xiao Ruxun also revealed some news about the reform of the military system, which also made them ready.

Everything that Xiao Ruxun did after he ascended the throne can be counted as a reform, and all the bad policies that have been abolished and replaced with a new and effective system can all be counted as reforms.

Xiao Ruxun has a corresponding reform plan for the military system, education system, political system, tax system, and even the household registration system.

Daqin has entered an era of great change.

(End of this chapter)